Jydsken-Østveg
Established Nation
6. How else might this application help RP or contribute to the community? (100 - 200 words)
C'mon Coro, do you want me to RP or not? Rather than fill in tax forms?
...I’ll look to try to improve the process.
6. How else might this application help RP or contribute to the community? (100 - 200 words)
C'mon Coro, do you want me to RP or not? Rather than fill in tax forms?
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1. What is the name of your Nation-State, Colony or Expansion?
Madaray (Madyaraya, though its native name, is also formally used in English)
2. What is the year of your foundation, recognition or colonization?
The territories known as Madaray have been partially colonised for over two centuries by various colonial powers. Since the 1920s the country has formally been granted independence and witnessed the gradual return of most of its occupied territory.
3. Who are the leaders of this application? (≈100 words)
Madaray has a devolved system of government. As a result the different countries within Madaray, known as the Regencies, have both hereditary and democratically elected rulers. The head of state, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agung (literally "He Who is Made Lord") is elected every seven years among these rulers. Current Yang di-Pertuan Agung is Sri Bataranggung of the Mrigalaya Regency.
4. Please outline the general history of your application: (500 - 600 words) - still in the making of course
From the second century BCE onwards the region was heavily influenced by Indian culture and Hindu religion, which spread across the Madaraya Islands through various waves and blended with local animist traditions - which today is known as Hanghal Hinduism. In the first century CE Buddhism arose in today's northern border regions, which gradually spread across eastern Toyou and in most Madaraya areas replaced or even complemented Hanghal Hinduism. Up until the 10th century these Hindu-Buddhist naval kingdoms vied for control in the region. The archipelago and coast regions, with its natural harbours, were ideal for interregional trade throughout history. Also during this period, the Dawamali city states (preceding the Azraqi Empire) had holdfasts in the western part of the archipelago.
During the 10th and 12th centuries the various naval kingdoms came to together under aYou must be registered for see linkssystem, a period henceforth known as the 'Sister States' or 'Sibling States'. Under a rather confederal model Madaray became a unified thalassocracy. Unified in the sense that it shared religious, cultural and commercial interests which brought forth intense coöperation among these states. During the 13th and 15th century this league gradually evolved into the first 'Kingdom of the Middle Islands' - a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional realm ruled by a Great King (Maharaja or Mahapribhu). By the 15th-16th century this Middle Kingdom no longer had the strong leadership necessary to preserve its integrity and independence.
From the late 16th century up until the late 19th century, Madaray thus fell prey to various foreign powers and colonial enterprises as the region again lacked a strong central organisation. Islamic and Azraqi influence on its western shores increased, Gallo-Germanic nations and trade companies annexed bits of land or forced states to sign disadvantageous agreements and set upYou must be registered for see links. The remaining independent Madyaraya was basically not more than a mere buffer state between colonial superpowers and for a brief period became a protectorate.
During the decolonisation period of the late 19th and early 20th century, Madaray's status as a protectorate is lifted; becoming a free and independent nation. Many former states and concessions are gradually returned to Madaray during the 1920s - a period known as the Reformation. Not all territories that historically have been part of the 'Middle Realm' are today part of Madaray, and many of these even no longer have Madaraya peoples as a majority.
5. Consider the cultural implications of your application. What does your application bring to the world? Are there other nations of similar culture? • How do you differentiate, or if you are unique, how so?: (200 - 300 words)
Madaray is a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional island nation (aside its peninsular region of course). The three largest ethnicities - and languages - are Hanghali (Balinese), Klawangal (Javanese) and Bangsal (Malay). The dominant religion is Mahayana Buddhism, followed by Hanghal Hinduism and Islam (predominantly near the Azraqi Spice Isles). So in terms of culture and politics: imagine a Malaysia or Indonesia which remained much Indianised - and not necessarily islamised. With a strong hint of Buddhism it may have some cultural traits/impressions of Myanmar or Thailand.
So far it's rather 'unique' to our current world.
6. How else might this application help RP or contribute to the community? (100 - 200 words)
Basically, it's a true Austronesian nation: much resembling Southeast-Asia (Java, Bali, the Malay world (Nusantara) - with a Buddhist Bali forming the majority). It could form a keystone nation in the region, especially as a building block for Toyou - further Asian nations/expansions. Mompracem is a nation in its vicinity, links and history with both the Anti-State and Arzaq are possible; and could also provide colonial storylines for Gallo-Germanic nations. Projects such asYou must be registered for see linksare possible thanks to a Austronesian nation such as Madaray.
7. Please provide a link to a relevant wiki or thread. (1 minimum - Must be individually tailored, not a single post)
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8. Please provide precise verbal or graphic instructions for your application. (Failure to do this will invalidate the application)
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1. What is the name of your Nation-State, Colony or Expansion?
Minh Hai (north)(blue on exhibit map)
Dai Minh (south)(red on exhibit map)
Alternatively, North Minh and South Minh. Previous request for Asteria has been removed, as the account will not be used to represent (North) Minh Hai.
2. What is the year of your foundation, recognition or colonization?
1961 - This was the year the Anti-State intervened in the civil war and froze the conflict between north and south.
3. Who are the leaders of this application? (≈100 words)
The leader of Dai Minh is Chairman Ngo Ngang Kim Dieu, often simply called Kim Dieu or Chairman No. Kim Dieu is an authoritarian despot with absolute control over his nation, and the military swears an oath of personal fealty to him before doing so to the Party, and then to the Nation. The leader of Minh Hai is Director Quyen Kiet An Son, known either as Director Quyen, or personally as Kiet. Kiet presides over a semi-authoritarian, post-Delegationist Republic, with emergency powers bestowed upon him and the capacity to dissolve the National Assembly. The nation is, for the most part, an otherwise democratic, modern society.
4. Please outline the general history of your application: (500 - 600 words)
This word vomit is in need of some heavy smithing after finalizing it out with Xen, but here's the basics:
Ancient times, northern Minh was a tributary of Jizhou, but broke away during a dynastic succession crisis, and three independent Kingdoms were in the area, as well as other tribes, including people like Hmong and what not. Three Kingdoms clash back and forth, conquer each other and usurp each other over the years, until being conquered by the Eternal Empire in the 12th century. In the 18-19th century, Auraria who is at war with the Eternal Empire, launches a few raids against Dai Minh, possibly capturing it during the Eternal Empire's weakening phases. Strong sense of identity begins to build in opposition to foreign aggression and failure of Eternal Empire to rise to the defense. Independence wars and anarcho-communist attacks on the Empire's officials cause chaos, and as part of the Young Touyou Movement, Minh breaks away from the Eternal Empire. All does not end well, though, the fledgling Revolutionary Minh's pan-Red and Black rainbow coalition immediately falters as Statist communists come into conflict with post-Delegationist autonomists. The fragile stateless society lasts about 5 years before collapsing, when Marxists organized militias and began to form centralized, hierarchical government, in large part due to a collapse in the gift economy set up by the autonomists due to lack of medical goods and foods during famine and disease. The autonomist collectives form volunteer brigades and push back the Marxists, but the poor level of infrastructure in the region, caused by dense jungle, means that the fighting is intermittent and the Marxist society is able to effectively establish itself, claiming sovereignty over the entire region, as the stateless society refused to do. Some years pass, intermittent war, and the Anti-State has established itself as a serious (stateless) entity with serious military potential, and moves to assist the northern region. The Directorate is established to coordinate the efforts of various independent brigades under the leadership of a Touzen official, and the offensive is on. The war grinds through the jungle for the better part of 8 years before the voluntary soldier associations begin to question the costs and needs of the war, and Touzen largely withdraws from the conflict, Minhizing the conflict as it were. The Directorate loses ground over the course of the next decade, particularly with the rise of Kadikistan in 1955. Arms and volunteers flood in and the Anti-State, fearing an expansion of Kadiki influence, gets involved yet again. Not wanting to risk open conflict, or get embroiled in an unwinnable war, the Anti-State enforces the a ceasefire between the two groups, dividing the country between North and South. Finally, the capital of Anh Kinh, located within Minh Hai, is itself divided in an East/West Berlin situation, with Dai Minh possessing a portion of the city. You are free to name it Ankin.
5. Consider the cultural implications of your application. What does your application bring to the world? Are there other nations of similar culture? • How do you differentiate, or if you are unique, how so?: (200 - 300 words)
I feel I have more to add to question #6 and don't want to discuss culture too much for running the risk of stereotyping. Culturally, I do not believe we have had a Vietnamese nation on the forum. I did not want to fall into stereotyping the Vietnamese as impoverished jungle fighters, and so the division is intended to represent a Korean situation, where neither failure nor success by can be inferred as a characteristic of Vietnamese people. The idea to locate it on the West side will also continue to connect the Kadashi culture I created to the Long Sea, ideally as a mountain folk minority similar to the Hmong.
6. How else might this application help RP or contribute to the community? (100 - 200 words)
First, it brings a dual nation concept divided between two major ideological groups to the forum. These groups have always been theoretically at contest, but a lack of interaction has failed to cement that. I hope to bridge the gap, creating a scenario both to allow tensions to exist and yet also prevent open conflict between two "long term builders."
Second, this adds a potential adversary to the Long Sea; not in that there is an intention to destabilize the region per se, but that there are two new elements in the region that can be used as locus' for RP.
Third, introducing the DMH will bring a wealthy nation to a region typically considered peripheral, poor, or otherwise unimportant. The existence of it will, hopefully, help connect the Anti-State Gallo-Germania and Himyar in a similar way Kashtan was intended to, perhaps more by sea, and more by economics than politics.
7. Please provide a link to a relevant wiki or thread. (1 minimum - Must be individually tailored, not a single post)
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This thread is still in progress, but I feel I can advance it to here to get a map stake in before the mid-Summer rollout.
8. Please provide precise verbal or graphic instructions for your application. (Failure to do this will invalidate the application)
I have not included city locations, just names. I trust your location judgement.
NORTH (BLUE): Minh Hai / North Minh / DMH (whichever name works best, and use its correlative for the south)
Capital: Anh Kinh (or Ankin) (capital of both countries, if you could somehow depict that it'd be sick, but don't worry too much about it.)
SOUTH (RED): Dai Minh / South Minh / PRDM (use the correlative with the north)
City: Viem Hai
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Think it is BS that they have to wait for Xen to RP at all, they have their own lives and jobs etc why should they work around Xen's? Far I am aware no one has to wait for someone's approval to RP in any other spots. I don't see the problem of them posting RP if Xen doesn't like it he call it non-cannon. No skin off his back it be other players wasting time posting.(I’ve noticed some RP posts, which should not be happening because unlike other regions, in theory we don’t know if you will be mapped)
I've got a bunch of changes coming, so here's a map to help. Thanks in advance!I would like to ask that Pelasgian Southern Himyar be renamed to "South Himyar," given its recent grant of Home Rule from Propontis as an independent dominion.
Nothing else needs to change on its map spot, and I would appreciate it if its colour could be kept the same as Pelasgia's. I will continue to RP South Himyar as a puppet.
Thanks!